The Atlas Minor is a fine and comprehensive composite atlas, and one of a series of large atlases compiled and sold by the Visscher family of art dealers and cartographers in the 17th century. Majority of the maps are published by Visscher with additional maps by several other mapmakers. Visscher, by adding the city of Philadelphia and the name of the state Pennsylvania. About 1690 Visscher retouched the old plate of N.J. His true innovation lies in his rendering of the New World, where he added small variations to the still widely unknown North American coastlines. This work is known for the high quality of engraving, exceptionally fine ornament, and accurate geographical information. Visscher is well-known for the depth of accuracy within his maps, and for embellishing the maps' beauty further with small detailing. Consists of 127 engraved maps, hand-colored in outline and full, with elegant title cartouche. With Engraved allegorical title page, on sheet 51x31, printed in full color, followed by letterpress half title page. Seventeenth century atlas of the World by Nicholas Visscher. The error of the date of 1592 for the discovery of America by Columbas indicates that this is a very early state of the map, perhaps the first. Also showing cities and towns, vignettes of ships and sea monsters, rivers, lakes and mountains. Decorative cartouche in the upper left tells of the discovery of America by Columbus. The Straits of le Maire and Magellan, with the massive Magellanica Sive Terra Australis Incognita, California Coastline appears, heading north toward the Straits of Annian. Tierra del Fuego is shown as a distinct landmass. River extending to a small lake in the middle of North America. Map showing discoveries around the Hudson Bay and the course of the St. surrounding the map include twelve Roman emperors at the top and bottom, with six groups of national figures and eight vignettes of principal cities at the sides, in the corners are female allegorical representations of the continents: Europa, Asia, America and Africa. Hand colored in outline map of the world on Mercator's projection. For map 42 see Record # full resolution image available at. This atlas copy composed of 57 maps, lacks maps 41 "Carte de Provence", 42 "Description des Isles de Ste. The "Geographic Theater" of Mariette succeeds that of Tavernier of 106 plates, but it offers 60 maps, dated 1627-1646, edited by Pierre-Jean Mariette and engraved by Michel van Lochom, Melchior Tauernier and Abraham Peyrounin, Abraham. Atlas has no title page and index (but supplied in facsimile of the 1653 edition), title provided by cataloger based on Mireille Pastoureau," The French Atlas (16th-17th centuries): Bibliographic Directory and Study ", Paris, 1984. Published in Paris by Pierre Mariette, 1650. And those of its borders & adjacent countries. Geographical theater of France, containing the maps of its provinces. Map includes detail notations from Marco Polo, most notably the place name Beach in Terra Australis Incognita. Laurence River ends in the American Southwest, Japan shown as a oddly shaped island, also shows Great wall of China. But I'm assuming the noun 'map' in the first clause. One of them is 'nova totius terrorum, sive nova orbis tabula', which I would translate as: A new map of the all the lands, on the other hard a new map of the world. Shows North America extending to Japan, course of the St. English 1 Ave amici, I recently found a puzzle of an old map with several Latin texts on it (makes me very excited). Embelished with allegorical spandrel vigenttes representing celestial hemispheres, north and south poles, sailing ships and sea monsters. This image 13021.004 is a part of image group 13021.000.ĭouble hemisphere hand colored map of the world, by Pierre Mariette, based upon the earlier map of Hondius from 1617. Zoomable full resolution image available at.
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